People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q4 by country

Countries reporting
97
Highest
100.0%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
1.6%
Chad
Median
61.9%
Years covered
18
2000–2017
Data points
1,663

What the numbers show

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q4 is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 1.6% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 61.9%, and the mean is 58.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 314.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 57.0%).

People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kyrgyzstan 100.0% 2017 up 10.5% rising
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2017 up 9.6% rising
3 Barbados 99.4% 2016 unchanged flat
4 Kazakhstan 99.2% 2017 up 0.9% flat
5 Saint Lucia 99.1% 2017 up 6.8% rising
6 Jordan 98.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
7 Uruguay 98.8% 2017 unchanged flat
8 Costa Rica 98.7% 2015 unchanged flat
9 Turkmenistan 98.6% 2017 up 2.3% flat
10 Thailand 98.3% 2017 up 0.1% flat
11 Maldives 98.1% 2017 flat
12 Montenegro 98.0% 2017 down 1.8% flat
13 Tajikistan 97.7% 2017 up 4.0% rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 97.5% 2015 unchanged flat
15 Serbia 97.4% 2017 down 2.0% flat
16 Jamaica 96.9% 2017 down 0.2% flat
17 Viet Nam 96.7% 2017 up 36.2% rising
18 Palestine, State of 96.7% 2017 up 4.2% flat
19 Mexico 95.6% 2017 up 6.3% rising
20 Belarus 95.3% 2017 down 1.0% flat
21 Albania 94.6% 2017 down 2.9% flat
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.5% 2017 up 0.5% flat
23 Paraguay 94.2% 2017 up 12.1% rising
24 Belize 92.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
25 Tunisia 91.7% 2017 up 11.2% rising
26 Guyana 91.7% 2017 up 6.2% rising
27 Suriname 91.6% 2017 up 7.1% rising
28 Türkiye 90.8% 2017 up 7.2% rising
29 Dominican Republic 90.8% 2017 up 3.9% rising
30 North Macedonia 90.5% 2017 down 1.4% flat
31 Iraq 88.4% 2017 up 9.6% rising
32 Egypt 87.2% 2017 down 8.0% falling
33 Algeria 87.0% 2017 unchanged flat
34 El Salvador 86.8% 2017 unchanged flat
35 Colombia 85.4% 2017 up 21.7% rising
36 Philippines 82.7% 2017 up 5.1% rising
37 Indonesia 82.2% 2017 up 43.2% rising
38 Armenia 80.5% 2017 up 4.9% rising
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 79.7% 2017 up 98.0% rising
40 Georgia 78.3% 2017 down 13.0% falling
41 Pakistan 77.5% 2017 up 38.0% rising
42 Rwanda 76.9% 2017 up 20.3% rising
43 Honduras 74.9% 2017 up 6.3% rising
44 Panama 73.9% 2017 unchanged flat
45 Eswatini 72.2% 2017 up 16.5% rising
46 Republic of Moldova 70.0% 2017 up 2.6% rising
47 Guatemala 63.8% 2017 up 16.1% rising
48 South Africa 63.0% 2017 up 1.2% flat
49 Lesotho 61.9% 2017 up 69.9% rising
50 Cambodia 60.0% 2017 up 156.7% volatile
51 Peru 59.8% 2017 up 38.9% rising
52 Yemen 58.1% 2017 up 38.8% rising
53 Nepal 57.9% 2017 up 96.8% rising
54 Senegal 56.8% 2017 up 35.7% rising
55 Bangladesh 56.7% 2017 up 58.8% rising
56 Nicaragua 56.6% 2017 up 9.8% rising
57 Burundi 54.9% 2017 up 12.3% rising
58 India 48.8% 2017 up 96.9% rising
59 Zimbabwe 46.0% 2017 down 1.9% flat
60 Mongolia 43.1% 2017 down 0.6% flat
61 Sao Tome and Principe 42.9% 2017 up 50.5% rising
62 Gambia 40.7% 2017 down 27.3% falling
63 Afghanistan 30.7% 2017 up 41.0% rising
64 Kenya 30.5% 2017 up 18.3% rising
65 Haiti 30.5% 2017 up 79.9% rising
66 Mali 29.5% 2017 up 32.6% rising
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28.8% 2017 up 45.7% rising
68 Gabon 27.5% 2017 down 11.8% falling
69 Angola 26.7% 2017 up 79.6% rising
70 Nigeria 25.7% 2017 down 27.8% falling
71 Tanzania, United Republic of 25.1% 2017 up 165.7% volatile
72 Sudan 24.9% 2017 up 35.7% rising
73 Comoros 23.8% 2017 down 7.6% falling
74 Zambia 22.7% 2017 up 76.0% rising
75 Guinea 22.3% 2017 up 65.4% rising
76 Malawi 21.9% 2017 up 6.1% rising
77 Somalia 21.2% 2017 up 208.9% volatile
78 Cameroon 20.8% 2017 down 6.1% falling
79 Uganda 20.2% 2017 up 45.5% rising
80 Namibia 19.8% 2017 up 39.5% rising
81 Mauritania 18.0% 2017 up 49.5% rising
82 Mozambique 16.9% 2017 up 19.7% rising
83 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.8% 2017 down 17.0% falling
84 Ghana 15.5% 2017 up 19.6% rising
85 Côte d'Ivoire 15.5% 2017 down 8.5% falling
86 Burkina Faso 14.6% 2017 up 104.5% rising
87 Guinea-Bissau 11.2% 2017 up 54.9% rising
88 Sierra Leone 8.7% 2017 down 8.1% falling
89 Central African Republic 8.2% 2016 up 22.6% rising
90 Congo 8.0% 2017 up 30.9% rising
91 Niger 7.3% 2017 up 222.2% volatile
92 Ethiopia 6.7% 2017 up 62.8% rising
93 Benin 6.1% 2017 up 30.5% rising
94 Madagascar 5.1% 2017 up 314.9% volatile
95 Liberia 5.0% 2017 down 7.0% falling
96 Togo 3.9% 2017 up 16.3% rising
97 Chad 1.6% 2017 down 57.0% falling

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Indicator
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population): Q4
Source
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,663 data points, 2000–2017
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